Modern

Famous quotes containing the word modern:

“The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.”
—Georges Bernanos (1888–1948)

“By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations have ever fathomed.”
—Lewis Mumford (1895–1990)

“All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)